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ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The debate over whether a senior civil servant is ‘woke’ or if gang numbers are statistically reliable completely misses the point – we know more and more New Zealanders are being victimised by violent thugs, and it stands to reason that more and more of
26th February 2021 There was nothing much happening in Myanmar today, so I will, as promised, start off with my quote from two days ago. “Lots of people in Myanmar upset with the Military and some were injured.” The reason nothing happened today is that communications are getting more difficult
Our public housing system is bursting at the seams with record high numbers of New Zealanders waiting for a state house, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. Figures released today show there are now 22,521 people waiting for public housing, roughly four times as many as when National
We should all be thanking Chris Hipkins for his casual racism against Pasifika people by saying out loud that he didn’t think Pasifika people could really afford to experience tourism in Queenstown, implying they are too poor to travel there. Now we know what Labour senior ministers really think
NZ Transport Agency, now called Waka Kotahi, has released a report that proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the SkyPath proposal is essentially a dead duck. The Auckland Harbour Bridge is so stuffed that they are now talking about reducing traffic on it. Auckland’s ageing Harbour Bridge can’
In case you had any doubts about the supposedly glorious utopian future of the cretinous “Green New Dealers”, Texas and South Australia have given us a couple of free previews. The future of the climate emergency-besotted left is a grim and unappealing one: a world where energy is scarce,
25th February 2021 Tonight saw a massive police presence on Aung Mingalar Road in Tamwe, Yangon. For those of you unfamiliar with Yangon, this is a residential area to the North East of downtown and is a solid, safe area, home to families with good incomes. I can’t find
Salman Rushdie famously said that without the freedom to offend, free speech doesn’t exist. If the Plod are to be believed, then there is indeed no freedom of speech in Britain any more. Merseyside Police has apologised for claiming “being offensive is an offence” as part of a campaign
Justice for Myanmar justiceformyanmar.org February 25, 2021 In the upmarket Yankin township of Yangon, near the iconic Inya Lake, the Golden City complex dominates the skyline. Capped with a giant “Huawei” sign for Golden City’s biggest tenant, the buildings are home to powerful Chinese multinational corporations, including CITIC,
In one of his excellent “Change My Mind” segments, Steven Crowder challenged passers-by to prove that Donald Trump was a “fascist”. Crowder provided a dictionary definition of fascism and asked for evidence that Donald Trump fitted any of its points. One particular item discussed was the suppression of opposition,
Mark Angelides libertynation.com Mark Angelides is Managing Editor of Liberty Nation.com. Hailing from the UK, he specializes in EU politics and provides a conservative/libertarian voice on all things from across the pond. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, Mark worked to promote activism, spread the message and secure
In the early 20th century, Anaconda Copper was one of the biggest companies in the world. In the early 2000s, MySpace was the most visited website in the US and the largest social networking site in Europe. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might do well to ponder the fates of both.
Bethan Greener Massey University My research lies in the area of international security. Books include The New International Policing (2009), Internal Security and Statebuilding: Aligning Agencies and Functions (with W.J. Fish in 2015) and an edited collection Army Fundamentals: From Making Soldiers to the Limits of the Military Instrument
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